I Am the 5-Year-Old Spy Who Kidnapped the Villain - Chapter 188

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【Chapter 188】

Sedric pulled out a necklace from the Bishop’s neck.

“I suspected he was a spy from the moment I saw the necklace, and he really was first-class.”

“Yes. I thought someone like you would know without even needing to see the proof!”

The Bishop shouted hopefully, but Sedric asked coldly.

“Do you have any communication magic stones besides this? I can’t assess the situation in Doctia right now since I don’t have anything.”

Isn’t saving me the priority here?

The Bishop was anxious since he didn’t know when the Duke might arrive, but Sedric wasn’t someone who couldn’t calculate even this much.

“It’s in my back, back pocket.”

With patience, he forced his lips into a smile and answered kindly.

After thoroughly taking even the communication magic stone, Sedric’s expressionless face became slightly satisfied.

With that level of expression, it seemed like a good time to bring up the topic.

“Now that you’ve confirmed my identity to this extent, please untie me quickly. We need to escape from here before the Duke comes, don’t we?”

Then Sedric, who had been fiddling with the communication magic stone, tilted his head.

“Why should I?”

“…?”

At that absurd question, the Bishop felt as if time had stopped for a moment.

“What do you mean why, obviously…”

“I came to you to get the necklace and communication magic stone. I’m done with my business, so I’ll be going.”

“…What, what did you say?”

The Bishop’s face instantly turned ashen.

That bastard Sedric, was he a perfect individualist spy?

Sometimes there were such heartless people who handled everything alone.

But still, when a colleague is captured right in front of you, you’d normally help them.

“No matter how excellent you are, can you do as much as using my magic? I can escape to the Kingdom of Doctia in an instant!”

The Bishop hurriedly tried to appeal himself, but it was useless.

Sedric had leaped up into the ceiling hole in an instant and was closing the road tile.

‘…Is he really going to leave like this?’

That bastard is practically my only lifeline.

The Bishop’s heart began to pound.

“Se, Sedric. If you save me and we go to the Kingdom of Doctia together, I’ll speak well of you to His Majesty King Burley. Then you could receive quite a large reward!”

Clatter-

When he mentioned King Burley with the feeling that this was his last chance, the ceiling tile that had been slowly closing stopped.

‘As I thought, there was something he wanted from me…!’

Even in this emergency situation, it was annoying how calculating he was, but to escape, the Bishop had to absolutely humble himself before Sedric.

‘Just wait until I return to the kingdom. I’ll tell His Majesty the King that this bastard almost killed a fellow spy.’

“Now you seem to be thinking of saving me. Please take good care of me on the way to the Kingdom of Doctia, Sedr…”

“Teacher. Totally disappointed.”

That’s when it happened.

Suddenly interrupting his words, someone poked their face out from the ceiling hole.

It wasn’t Sedric.

It was Aisha.

“…Ai, Aisha? You, why are you here…”

“Totally super disappointed.”

He was so flustered that he even stammered, but she immediately pouted her lips and waved a recorder.

“I’m so angry from the betrayal that I want to smack your butt at least once, but there’s no time. I recorded well when you personally confessed to being ‘Doctia’s spy,’ so I’ll deliver it exactly as is to His Majesty Grace!”

“…?”

At the sudden words, the Bishop’s face, which couldn’t grasp the situation for a moment, gradually turned white as a blank sheet.

“…What?”

The Bishop, who belatedly came to his senses from his daze, glared at Aisha with an instantly furious face.

He had forgotten for 10 years because he thought of her so naturally as a student, but Aisha. That bastard also had a past as a spy for House Pose.

But since Callipus treated her quite well as his real daughter, she immediately betrayed the Kingdom of Doctia and settled down as a princess.

“You bastard! If you betrayed Doctia and got to live as a princess, you should live quietly with your mouth shut like a noble young lady, how dare you interfere in such big matters!”

“Shut up.”

As he shouted furiously, Sedric, who appeared like a ghost from beside her, flashed his red eyes.

“!”

The Bishop instinctively shrank back and hunched his shoulders at the strong person’s eerie face.

Then Sedric disappeared with a satisfied expression.

And.

“Teacher. Really super disappointed. Totally disappointed. Failed the mission and betrayed people, total life failure. Well then, good luck.”

Aisha, who had been spitting out only words chosen to provoke him, also disappeared into the ceiling hole.

“You, you…!”

The Bishop felt like his face was burning up as his blood pressure rose.

Aisha was one thing, but for that bastard Sedric to also betray Doctia like his sister.

“That rat bastard…!”

At the thought of being betrayed, his face turned blue as if blood was rushing backwards, then the Bishop suddenly closed his eyes with a hiccup as he swallowed his breath.

Blood had rushed to his face from sudden anger.

When Callipus, who had been interrogating the next room, belatedly found the Bishop, he was already unconscious and interrogation was impossible.

But it didn’t matter.

“Father-! Here are the Bishop’s necklace and communication magic stone that brother Sedric procured-! And as a bonus, I even recorded the Bishop’s confession.”

Thanks to the evidence items Aisha submitted, they achieved better results than interrogating him.

“Sedric did this?”

“Yes. Brother is amazing, right?”

Callipus looked at his eldest son with a bewildered expression.

“…”

Sedric was standing hidden in the shadows, leaning his back against the wall.

Then when his eyes met Callipus’s, he turned his head away as if embarrassed.

However.

“I’m benefiting from having such a capable son.”

At the muttering that sounded like talking to himself, Sedric’s motionless shoulders flinched.

The label of being a former spy. But thanks to that, he received recognition instead.

His slightly widened red eyes cautiously gazed at Callipus.

It was the first moment he looked at his father first.

* * *

One week after the chaotic monster training tournament ended.

Marquis of Frisia and Nick Marquis, who were dragged away during the tournament, were still one of the hot topics in social circles.

No, rather, as time passed, they were realizing the aftermath of that incident.

From the kidnapping incident of Count Briarwood to the monster training tournament.

Shocking incidents had erupted one after another in less than a few months.

All of this was done by the Kingdom of Doctia.

“As if the previous incidents weren’t enough, now it’s a berserker potion. This is no different from provoking us to go to war.”

“No. At this level, it’s practically like war has already started.”

“Shouldn’t we launch a preemptive strike from our side as soon as possible before it’s too late? This is going too far.”

Commoners trembled in anxiety, and nobles were furious.

Although they were always accustomed to the precarious relationship with Doctia, they were gradually getting fed up with the continued provocations.

Moreover, since most of the families that were wiped out were high-ranking nobles, businesses throughout the Frozen Kingdom couldn’t function properly, and territories that lost their masters had time frozen.

Thus, at the royal conference.

The retainers of renowned high-ranking families from all regions were all looking only at Grace.

As they claimed, war with Doctia was already inevitable.

The question was whether to launch a preemptive strike or focus on defense and strengthen security as much as possible.

‘…All votes will go to the preemptive strike.’

It seemed the time had come.

Grace silently dropped a red chip supporting the ‘preemptive strike’ onto the pile of chips.

The chips piled high on the table were all red.

“Since everyone agrees, there’s no reason to waste more time under the pretense of a meeting.”

Grace, who had risen from her seat, commanded.

“From this moment, the Frozen Kingdom enters a state of war. Each family shall provide necessary supplies to the Briarwood County that borders Doctia. Everyone except the Count and Croste Duke may leave.”

“Yes.”

“Yes, understood.”

One by one, the nobles who had bowed deeply to Grace left, leaving only three people in the meeting room.

The surrounding air grew heavy.

Though the vote had tilted toward choosing a preemptive strike, war was not an easy matter.

But they had communication magic stones.

“The news of Bishop’s fate probably hasn’t reached the Doctia side yet.”

Bishop had been secretly executed.

So Doctia wouldn’t have cut off the magic stone communication either.

“Can we assess Doctia’s situation with this?”

“It should be possible.”

Though she asked just in case, a reliable answer came from Callipus.

Grace was about to sit down with a sigh of relief when—

“Oh, no. There’s currently a meeting in progress…”

“I came with permission from Marquis Shulets.”

“Even if it’s Marquis Shulets, His Majesty the King is in the meeting room…!”

Suddenly, a commotion arose from outside the door.

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